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Catena-X is the first globally trusted and collaborative data ecosystem for the automotive industry
We are successful via radical collaboration.
We deliver essential solutions, based on shared standards and an actively governed ecosystem, to create business value across the automotive supply chain.
Through multi-tier collaboration, we tackle joint industry challenges together and contribute to the future competitiveness of the automotive industry.
„Get Involved"
Participate in the Catena-X Data Space
Exchange data with your direct business partners across the supply chain – for use cases like PCF tracking, Digital Product Passports, Quality Management, and more.
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- Onboarding Guide · Pricing · Use Case Explorer
- Questions on Catena-X Data Space Usage? Contact info@cofinity-x.com
Become a Member of the Catena-X Association
Co-shape standards, releases, governance, and further development of the Catena-X ecosystem. Participate in Expert Groups, Committees and in Catena-X Association Bodies, network with Industry Leaders, gain early insights & access, build expertise & skills and enhance your organization’s impact.
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Questions on Catena-X Association membership? Contact info@catena-x.net
The business value we create for you
The solutions we certify for each business area are built on a shared technological foundation to reduce costs and scale your IT and business processes globally. Today, we already offer a boost for your business in the following areas.
Resilient Supply Chains
Your benefit: Improved transparency and reduced risks.
Trusted Sustainability
Your benefit: Base your reporting on primary data and issue product passports.
Effective Quality Management
Your benefit: Earlier failure detection and parts traceability.
Next Level Master-Data-Management
Your benefit: The most cost effective and powerful data management.
Our Catena-X core values
We believe that within our global automotive industry, we only can create a true multi-tier collaboration when we empower existing players and solution providers. We believe that trust in your partners and control over your data are decisive in a digital world. Hence, we created an ecosystem from the industry for the industry.
Our core values at a glance:
Trusted Digital ID
Verified and unique company identities
Interoperability
Unified open-source-based standards and KITs
Self-Sovereignty
Decentral architecture with full control over your data
Industry Governance
One global operating model and framework
Now is the time to get involved
Catena-X is fully operational and entering its next phase of adoption. Whether your organization seeks to exchange data and unlock measurable business value, or to actively shape the future of the auomotive industry by joining the Catena-X association, there are multiple paths to contribute.
Ecosystem - We Create Business Value
The Catena-X ecosystem connects companies, solution providers, and service partners across the entire automotive value chain. It creates interoperable solutions to offer companies the first multi tier data exchange to improve business processes and reduce costs – we call this radical collaboration.
Association - We Build Standards
The Catena-X Automotive Network Association is the governance body of the Catena-X ecosystem. Our members define new business areas, develop standards and activate the global automotive industry.
With this, we shape a forward-looking and collaborative data ecosystem based on the values of trust, self-sovereignty, interoperability and industry governance.
Latest Success Stories
Driving quality together: how OEMs and suppliers transform quality management with Catena-X
The implementation of the Catena-X use case in quality management shows how collaboration and data transparency can reduce inefficiencies and create significant cost benefits along the supply chain.
4 months
Earlier detection of errors through data exchange (on average)
5 weeks
From kick-off to data exchange with new supplier – instead of several months
- Cost savings in the low single-digit million range possible
- Suspicious cases can be narrowed down considerably, saving resources
How Ford (OEM), Flex (Tier1), and Micron (Tier2) lower costs and reduce emissions with PCF reporting
Ford, Flex, and Micron demonstrate how Catena-X Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) reporting enables OEMs, Tier-1, and Tier-2 suppliers to share standardized emissions data across the value chain — reducing costs, increasing transparency, and supporting scalable decarbonization.
46%*
PCF Value Reduction
Primary Data
Access to verified, primary PCF data
- By relying on primary data instead of industry averages the PCF values have been reduced by 46%
- All partners gain access to verified, primary PCF data, allowing for more precise carbon footprint calculations.
- For the first time, OEMs, Tier-1, and Tier-2 suppliers seamlessly exchange PCF data along the value chain
Leading the way in effective supply chain decarbonization through standardized PCF data sharing
To meet the need for standardised sustainability practices, WITTE Automotive has implemented advanced solutions with SAP and can calculate its PCF according to the Catena-X framework.
3-5x
more efficient calculation* compared to manual, excel-based method (*with interface to ERP system)
+10T €
Savings per PCF calculation compared to hiring external calculation experts
- Automated data flow from the S/4HANA ERP system
- SAP Sustainability Data Exchange enables seamless management and exchange of PCF data
Koller Kunststofftechnik digitises production and enables traceability according to OEM requirements
The Catena-X-certified ONCITE DPS solution from German Edge Cloud was implemented in a very short space of time, enabling Koller to achieve transparency about both its production and energy use.
51 %
Faster OEE calculation
15 %
less energy loss
- Faster fault detection and targeted process optimisation
- 100% transparency of energy use in production
- Secure and standardised data exchange with OEMs
Some voices from within the network
P. Matthew Pohlman
Chief Executive Officer at AIAG
„We are thrilled to take the challenge of radical collaboration forward in North America on behalf of Catena-X and AIAG’s 4,900-plus member companies, which include OEMs and tier suppliers.“
Oliver Zipse
Chairman of the Board BMW AG
„With Catena-X, we want to connect companies across industries. An end-to-end data networking from small and medium-sized enterprises to OEMs will help to make important progress in the sustainability of our products and the resilience of our supply chains.“
Ola Källenius
Chairman of the Board of Daimler AG and Mercedes Benz AG
„With Catena-X the automotive industry is taking another big step in its digital transformation. Together we have the chance to take a leading position in technology and innovation in Germany and Europe.“
Dr. Oscar Lazaro
Managing Director Innovalia
"Innovalia is delighted to drive forward an effective operation of the Spanish automotive industry on Catena-X. Facilitating the reference neutral environment of a Competence Centre, enables adoption at scale of a digital offering aligned with the sector’s priorities."
Dr. Markus Heyn
Member of the Board of Robert Bosch GmbH
„We are collaborating in the Catena-X network with the aim of pooling expertise to enable secure, cross-company data exchange among all members of the automotive supply chain.“
Christian Klein
CEO SAP SE
„To achieve sustainable and efficient processes in the automotive industry, data and information must be exchanged in a secure and reliable way along the entire value chain. We are delighted to help build Catena-X as a pioneer and technology partner.“
Dr. Roland Busch
Vorstandsvorsitzender Siemens AG
„With Catena-X, we are developing the necessary standards and technologies for the European automotive industry to exploit the opportunities of digitalization.“
Timotheus Höttges
CEO Deutsche Telekom AG
„As a technology partner we stand for a secure data ecosystem. A network that stands for data sovereignty with simultaneous supplier and technology openness.“
Dr. Oliver Blume
Chairman of the Board of Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG
„The auto industry is shaping the digital transformation. Data is the driving force, ensuring greater efficiency and sustainability. Catena-X provides the basis for this.“
News
All the latest updates and news from the Catena-X ecosystem.
Catena-X General Assembly on 23 April 2026, 12 p.m. CEST
Invitations to the Catena-X General Assembly on 23 April 2026 were sent out on 18 March 2026 to all Primary and Voting Contacts
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Sixth Eclipse Tractus-X Community Days @ ARENA2036
The 6th Eclipse Tractus-X Community Days will take place on 2–3 July 2026 at ARENA2036 in Stuttgart, bringing together developers, architects and ecosystem partners to collaborate on practical solutions for interoperable data spaces across the Eclipse Tractus‑X and Catena‑X Automotive Network communities.
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Apply now! Expert Group “Onboarding & Offboarding”
Become part of the Catena-X Onboarding & Offboarding Expert Group and help design scalable onboarding and structured offboarding for a growing ecosystem.
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Apply now! Expert Group “Digital Product Passport (DPP)”
Become part of the Catena-X DPP Expert Group and help shape standards and data models for the digital product passport along the supply chain.
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Eclipse Tractus-X Hackathon in Bilbao
The first international Eclipse Tractus-X Hackathon will take place in February 2026 in Spain, bringing together developers and community members to collaborate on open-source solutions for the Catena-X ecosystem.
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New Expert Group “DPP Regulations” – Apply now!
Join the DPP Regulations Expert Group to stay ahead of global Digital Product Passport regulations and standards.
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Get in touch with us and learn about the benefits of Catena-X!
We warmly invite newcomers to our monthly Catena-X information webinar. Register now!
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New Expert Group “Product Approval” – Apply now!
Join the Product Approval Expert Group to optimize the complex data-exchange processes associated with product and production-process approval.
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PCF Attestation Provider application process is now open
Join the network verifying and certifying sustainability data in the automotive industry
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Activation Supplier Network Expert Group – Apply now!
Join the Activation Supplier Network (ASN) to simplify and strengthen how Catena-X delivers value to suppliers and drives adoption.
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Get in touch with us and learn about the benefits of Catena-X!
We warmly invite newcomers to our monthly Catena-X information webinar. Register now!
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